The Agrinautica

   It all started at UCIMUN 2000 (that is to say, the Univ of Ca Irvine Model UN Conference, 2000). Actually, I suppose it began the day before (Friday, May 5th, 2000), when Elena told me she couldn't go to prom with me (I forget why)(also, we had long since broken up by this point). That was pretty weak, since prom was only two weeks away. But the next day was UCIMUN.
   I represented Libya on 6th Legal Committee, with the topic of defining terrorism. Now this was before Libya had finally decided to renounce terrorism (which didn't occur until Dec 19th 2003), so arguing about the definition of terrorism was good times. Needless to say, the chairperson hated me.
   And when I didn't win an award, several members of the committee who did flipped off the dias on my behalf. (=
   But I had fun (even if I did have to climb in my second floor window to get back home after the first day, having been locked out without a key), and I sat next to an attractive young lady who represented Kuwait. Here's a picture of us at homecoming the following Fall, but thats getting ahead of things. Anyway, her name was Jessie Lawson and she was awesome. In fact, I was totally crazy about her ... for the next three days. O=

TO BE CONTINUED!!!


Jessie, the following year, at UCIMUN 2001